Joy comes in the morning

Last night Corey came home from play practice sometime after 10 pm and shared about the awesome time they had! God is so good!!! Then I shared some of my struggles, we prayed and decided to start reading Chapter 5. By the time we got to bed it was after 11:30 pm and he had to get up early this morning! I thank God for speaking thru my wonderful husband because the joy began to return and it has really come back this morning!!! I have been listening to one Chris Tomlin song after another. I think it is so appropriate that he is the one that wrote the intro because he is a "true" worshiper! I can't imagine what reading this book must have done to his worship! Every song talks about how awesome, amazing, great, holy is our God!!! Thank you Lord!!!!

Taking words out of my husband's mouth, we are pursuing an extravagant, CRAZY love with our God and will die trying!!!!

Tough Week

This week has been a tough week! I feel as if I have been starving......we have not been able to hardly read any portions of "Crazy Love" this week because we have had something going on every night and this weekend will not be any better. Then in the middle of the week I had to deal with a situation that I will tell you honestly I was not prayed up enough beforehand and I was blindsided. At first, I felt that this person stole my joy but the reality is that I let the devil steal my joy and I have been struggling ever since. Corey has been reading two other books (one is the Prayer of Jabez for the Easter Drama and the other is the book for the Worship Team bible study) and I know the first is a great book and I am sure the other is too! The problem is that this means that we have not been able to read "Crazy Love" and it is a bit frustrating.....but I am praying that God will give me what I need. I don't want to go ahead of him because we have been on this incredible journey together and so I am praying for patience! Honestly I have fallen in the trap of the "Lukewarm" Christan and have got caught up in my to-do list and the menial daily tasks and lost the focus on the big picture and I have lost my joy and therefore I am being disobedient to our Lord. He commands us to "Rejoice in the Lord always!". Earlier this week, I was led to a song by Chris Tomlin called "Holy is the Lord" and the lyrics are below. It reminded me of many things but especially that "the Joy of the Lord is our strength" and "the Earth is filled with His glory". We need to be reminded of this all time (especially me!!!!). See the lyrics below:

Holy is the Lord (Chris Tomlin)

We stand and lift up our hands
For the joy of the Lord is our strength
We bow down and worship Him now
How great, how awesome is He

And together we sing

[Chorus]
Holy is the Lord God Almighty
The earth is filled with His glory
Holy is the Lord God Almighty
The earth is filled with His glory
The earth is filled with His glory

We stand and lift up our hands
For the joy of the Lord is our strength
We bow down and worship Him now
How great, how awesome is He

And together we sing
Everyone sing

[Chorus]
Holy is the Lord God Almighty
The earth is filled with His glory
Holy is the Lord God Almighty
The earth is filled with His glory
The earth is filled with His glory

It's rising up all around
It's the anthem of the Lord's renown
Repeat

And together we sing,
Everyone sing

[Chorus]

Understanding what you are reading

I wanted to share with you what the Holy Spirit put on my heart. I will say that the comments that I am about to make is not directed at any person but, will cause you to "stop and think". We have reading through the Bible in a year and I am not saying that is a bad thing to do but, in order to get a cleary grasp an understanding and appreciation for the Word Of God we must take our time and meditate on His word. The same holds tgru for "Crazy Love". I am not comparing this book to the Word, there is no comparison, but what I am saying is that this is a book that you cannot rush through. If you intended to do that, then you should put the book away or give it to someone else to read. As well for those of us that are married we should read the book together and be patient. If either one of you are tired, had a long day or whatever it may be, DO NOT carry on with this book without your partner. Be patient and wait, afterall this book is meant for us to have a "Crazy Love" for Him so that we may love each other better.

For His Glory!!!!!!!

Chapter 4

Wow.....we thought that things couldn't get more intense and then we read Chapter 4 the other night!!!!! The chapter is on being a Lukewarm Christian. We are going to have to reread this chapter as there was so much stuff in it and so many different passages of the Bible.......one right after the other!!!!! It has really made us re-evaluate our own lives and made us realize that before we began this journey that we were "lukewarm". OUCH!!!!!

Prayer that no one ever prays

check out Francis Chan's blog at http://francischansblog.blogspot.com/ and view the video - The prayer Americans refuse to pray

Welcome

What an awesome journey that Corey and I have been on these past few weeks!!!!! We are excited about what God has been doing in our lives and in our marriage. It seems that we are seeing everything with different eyes. Thank you Lord! This blog is a result of our discussions regarding the book, "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan. Please feel free to post your comments.

Thanks to Ms. Grace for turning us on to this wonderful book!!!!!